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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-29
suRe TO BE BEATEN.

The Mastery" way in which the Penn.
sylvania Republicans Are Preparing
Their Party for Defeat.
With big majorities at their com.
mand the Republicans of New York
and Pennsylvania have just demon.
strated that they have learned nothing
by recent National defeat The loss Of
the Presidency on their part was due
as much to the widespread popular
impression that the men at the head OF
the Republican organization were
unworthy as to any other cause. II
was hoped by many of the boilers OF
1884 that temporary defeat would send
some of these fellows to the rear, but
in the light of recent events in two OF
the principal States in the Union there
seems to be no reason to look for suct
result
In New York State the assembly has
just reelected to the Speakership the
odorous j. w. Hustled, of Westchcstei
County, than whom no legislator in the
last ten years has obtained more
questionable reputation. His methods
have all been obnoxious to dccency and
uprightness in politics, and he never
yet gained a place of prominence in
his party without encountering the
protests of the best elements thereof.
In Pennsylvania Matthew S. Quay, 8
longtime henchman of the Cameron
gang, has been elected to the United
States Senate almost without opposi.
ton. He has been associated with all
the scandals of Republican rule in that
State for twenty years, and has on al.
occasions proved himself u willing and
an efficient tool of the corrupt bosses
against whose methods the election of
Governor Pattison in 1881 was a pro.
test. As n lobbyist Quay has long been
unfavorably known to the people, and
as politician of the most extreme and
reckless type he has commended him
self only to the rings which have
now concluded to give him his re-
ward. 1t was Quay who worked
hand in hand with the notorious Kem-
bic in lobbying through the Pennsylva-
mia Legislature the $4,OOO,O0O grab for
the alleged settlement of riot losses in
Pittsburgh. For his part in that labor
Kemble was indicted, tried, convicted
and sentenced to the penitentiary, and
it was M. S. Quay, who, as member
of the Board of the State, had reso.
luton in favor of Kemble's release
ready for the Governors signature be-
fore the culprit had been removed from
the court where sentence had been
passed upon him.
In the case of Hustled disposition to
adhere to an old and disappointed poll
tician is the worst that can be charged
against his party. In the case of Quay
the situation is different. Nothing but
q slavish submission to the dictation of
the Camerons, which would have in
duced the Legislature to select any
creature whom they might name, can
explain the elevation of such man
to the Senate. A party so welded to
its old-time idols, smeared all over
and broken as they are, is evidently
electioneering for another licking
Chicago Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-29
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

To say that the President has
put the Republican Senators in very
awkward position by again sending in
the name of Mr.. Matthews, is to put it
very mildly. They will now have to
concede that they love only the Repub-
lican colored man--for his votc.-AlJa-
my Argus.
AS the statistics of the year are
published they show that although
there has been q Democratic Admins
tration the country has prospered. Our
esteemed Republican contemporaries,
however. are cheered by the hope that
some great national distress may come
to the rescue of their lugubrious predic-
tions during the coming year.-M. Y.
World.
The Navy Department has or
dered another trial of the Atlanta,
which, it is to be hoped, will be more
satisfactory than the first one. Little
dependence can be placed on those Re-
publican contract built vessels left as II
legacy to Secretary Whitney. We will
have to wait for the new ships to be
constructed under the auspices of the
present tAdministration.--Al albany argus.
Oh Il pinch, Senator ingalls,, of
Kansas, is willing to admit that the ne
gro has legal right to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket, but he is positive that
one who does that things is an migrate
who does not deserve his freedom.
The negro who would suit Ingalls,, then,
would only be about half emancipated.
The men who are running the Repub-
lican party now are not those who
freed the negro. Chicago Herald.
What nonentity Senator Mitch
ell, OF Pennsylvania, is, appears from
the fact that he received no support,
complimentary or otherwise, in the Re-
publican caucus for the nomination of
a candidate for United States Senator.
The dearth of great men among the
Republicans in the State is shown in
the fact that Matthew S. Quay received
every vote in the Republican caucus
with the exception of nine. e.-Detrot
Free Press.
IN. 3. Quay, the successor to
John !. Mitchell in the United States
Senate was chairman of the pardoning
board that spared Kemble, of "addition,
division and silence" fame, the merited
disgrace of term in the State peniten-
tiary by convoking the board immedi-
ately upon the passing of sentence upon
him, and rushing pardon through be-
fore he could be removed to prison.
The record of this official condoner of
corruption has not injured his standing
in the party that once boasted of it's
"moral IDEAS" and does not check the
exhuberance of Chicago organ of the
Republican party brand, which, noting
the nomination of this ringster and po-
litical boss in Pennsylvania and of
reputable Democrat in Maine, exult-
ingly adds: "Mr. Quay will be taken
and Mr.. Clifford left" For binding
men to the difference between right
and wrong, there is nothing like party
ism.- Chicago Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-29
A QUEER UMBRELLA.

The Great Fright Which Myo Gave His
Mother, and How He Kept Out Of the
Rain.
Myo wanted to drive to market alone,
but mamma was afraid to let him, for
he had naver been used to horses be-
fore they moved to the farm two
months before. But papa said any
baby could drive Liz, she was such a
steady horse; and surely big boy,
eleven years old, who wore long panta-
looms and top-boots, could drive her.
Myo had driven when papa or mamma
was with him, and knew how to man
age the horse very well, SO papa said,
"We will let him try it once alone"
In the market-wagon were six bar
rels of spinach. The barrels had
Sits in the sides to let the air in, SO
the spinach would not wilt. Myo
felt very large as he drove away to mar
ket with his load. Mamma could stand
in the door, and, looking across the
meadows, see the road nearly the whole
two miles to town. When it grew time
for Myo to came back mamma grew
anxious, forit was beginning to rain. At
last she saw the old gray horse and
green market wagon coming along the
road. The railroad ran very near the
house, and mamma watched to see
that they got safely over the track.
Yes, the track was safely passed, and
Liz came trotting steadily toward
home; but where was Myop He was
nowhere to be seen. The lines were
not dragging on the ground. Indeed,
they seemed to be firmly held by some
one who was guiding the horse, but
no driver was visible.
Mammals heart almost stopped beat
ing and she grew faint; but she broke
into laugh rs Liz turned in Mt the gate
and trotted by the house to the barn,
for she saw that the lines went through
the Sits in barrel that was bottom up,
and she knew that under that barrel a
black-eyed boy was sheltered from the
rain that was now falling fast
Il wasn't going to get wet" said
Myo, "wllen could put the lines
through two holes and look out of an
other one, and keep perfectly dry.
There was no use getting wet when
could make an embrella of barrel,
was therep"-Mary a. Alien, IN Our
Little Ones.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-29

he was to be and what lie was to do. The
ground was frozen to the depth OF eighteen
inches, but hay was spread over the surface, so
that the three hundred carts that went TO and
fro with material should make no sound. The
mon worked silently and willingly, and in the
morning the surprising result was seen.
Strong redoubts looked down on the city and
harbor from the tops OF the two hills. Prob.
ably there never was so much work done In so
short n time. When Lord Howe saw what had
been accomplished in single night he declared
Il must have taken twelve thousand men TO do
It, He was compelled TO evacuate the city, and
thus the first substantial victory was gained by
the Continental army, and chiefly by the aid
laid.
Colonel Putnam bore q prominent part In
many OF the great battles VI the Revolution.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-29

The Atlanta Constitution upsets ak
the old theories by producing u man
who never walks for exercise. who
never moves in hurry, and who sits
for seven or eight hours at stretch,
and yet is one of the healthiest men in
the State and looking ton years young
or than he really is.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-29

The Albany Journal blaine
Rep.) feels called on to remark that "a
good many of Mr.. Blaine's fool friends
are like frozen dynamite cartridgesi
when you warm them up at big dir.
ner. thay blow the roof off,"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-29

tFrom the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.l
There is great deal about Marietta to remind
one OF the struggles and lives Of the early set.
tiers. There are still number OF quaint
and significant landmarks in fair state OF
preservation. The oldest house in Ohio is o
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-29

A few weeks ago a Marietta gentleman dis.
covered imbcdded in the earth in the general
vicinity OF the old fort that has been described
astone idol that forms one OF the illustrations Of
this Skctch. +. b. L.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-29
GENERAL RUFUS PUTNAM.
A Rugged Character of Early Ohio
---The Father and Founder Of the
Buckeye State.

Important Enterprises which lie Inaugu-
rated and Fostercd-His Patriotic strug-
giles to Get ON In the world--An Interest
ing Historical Paper.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-16
THE CAPERTON WILL.
Particulars ofthe Case Just Decided
at Parkersburg.

A Parkersburg CIV. Va special says
The short telegram sent last night
gave but a general idea of the land
case decided by Judge John Jackson,
of the United States Court, yesterday
m this an effort will be made to par
ticularize. The suit was brought by
the heirs of Allen L. Caperton against
Benjamin Rich and others to recover q
tract of land Of $4,000 acres in Web
ster county, which the plaintiffs claim
ed was rightfully theirs, but which the
defendants had in years past unlawful
ly obtained from their (the plaintiffs1
ancestors and still unlawfully held.
Judge Ferguson and Ex-Governor Jack
son represented the plaintiffs and Judge
Boggess the defendants. The case
which was decided in favor of the
plaintiffs, involved one of the most
valuable tracts of land in Webster
county.
In 1881 immense tracts of land, in
Guiding the one in question and Others
in Randolph, Nicholas, and Greenbrier
counties, were forfeited for non-psy-
ment of taxes and not entered upon the
commissioners books. The land at
that time was worth scarcely nothing
compared with what it is to-day, though
the amount was nearly a million of
acres With but little conscience, but
with foresight that told him "this
tract would some day be worth mil
lions" John b. Shreves, of Upshur
county, concocted the scheme of
having these lands re-entered upon
the tax duplicate, sold for taxes,
and by shrewd manipulation get
them into the possession of him
self and others whom he took in with
him. This scheme was perfected be-
tween 1860 and 1866. Prominent men
of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and this
State shared in the plan. In 1868 there
were re-entered in Webster county
alone four tracts of $4,000 acres, 10l,-
goo acres, 100000 acres, and 12,500
acres respectively. By various pro-
cesses, transfers, bids, connivance of
State officers, and other underhand
work, Benjamin Rich and other parties
got into possession of these lands and
have been living on them ever since.
A man named Allen T. Caperton, who
was the lawful owner of these lands
in Webster county, died in 1873.
His heirs Immediately brought suit
to recover their patrimony, which
has just been settled in their
favor. In the re-entering of these
lands on the commissioners books
there were very gross irregularities, |
which tinged the whole transaction
with covering of fraud. From the |
evidence adduced there is no little
ground for the opinion that the State |
officers were parties to the transaction.
This case is but one of a series that
will be brought to recover these lands |
now illegally held. For wholesale,
open robbery, there probably has been
no case OF equal proportions in the
history Of the State. The Caperton
heirs, who have recovered the pro-
perry, have come into possession OF an
estate whose value cannst be estimated.
Webster county is among the counties
OF the State that are in process of de-
and the tract in question is
in the most available part.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-16

Hiram Lodges Revoit Against the
Connecticut Grand Lodge.

A New Haven Conn. special says
Some time ago the Grand Lodge OF
Connecticut ordered Hiram Lodge, No.
!, of this city, the oldest Masonic
lodge in the State, to change from its
ancient style OF secret work and adopt
the so-called "riew work" This. Hi.
ram Lodge declined to do, and for
so refusing its officers were deposed
and were summoned to appear at
Hartford on April Goth to show cause
why their charter should not be re-
voked, their funds forfeited, and all of
their number expelled from the order.
The trouble has been brewing for some
time, and the feeling between the two
bodies is very bitter. Hiram Lodge re-
fused to recognize the authority OF the
Grand Lodge, as her (Hiram's) charter
antedates that OF the Grand Lodge by
many years, and the matter eliminated
last night in declaration OF war against
the Grand Lodge, which will be fought
to the bitter end.
At special meeting of Hiram Lodge
last night Hiram voted unanimously to
contest the authority of the Grand
Lodge, and ordered secret circular
transmitted to ell the lodges in this
State. The address says that the trou-
BILE with the Grand Lodge arose from
its assumption of power to interfere
with and change the ancient form OF
work in Hiram Lodge-a form of work
promulgated by pioneers of the order
in America, handed down from genera
ton to generation, and sanctioned by
many years of use, not only in the
Blue Lodge but in the Grand Lodge it
self. The power thus assumed, Hiram
Lodge declares, is unconstitutional, and
on that ground it proposes to resist it.
Hiram Lodge declines TO consider her
self amenable TO either trial or punish
ment by the Grand Lodge for any Of
fence alleged in this connection, and
she calls upon sister lodges throughout
the State to sustain her in her fight
against the unwarrantable assump-
ton of the Grand Lodge. against
the rule of an oligarchy," the
circular says, "Hiram Lodge will
ever protest, and it now in
sists that the successful future Of Ma
sonry in Connecticut depends upon a
more conservative administration of its
affairs, and that to this end it is essential
hat such administration shall be in
trusted to grand lodge acting at all
lines within its constitutional restric-
ions, and with a purely representative
membership, directly responsible to the
blue lodges of the State"
Hiram Lodge has engaged in an IN
'qual contest. Masonic lodges ankrl
late constitutions" SO called, which
re American in their origin so far as
yritten constitutions are concerned.1
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-16

what d euphemisHcally called "the
coupon-cfusher, /" which, its friends and
supporters declare, will absolutely de-
stroy all my rights under the coupon
contract. To say, therefore, that l
am bound by reciprocity 10 refrain
from promoting the use OF coupons at
this time is to realize the Hibernian
idea OF reciproeity--viz, that the re-
ciprocity is all on one side. II looks as
IL tho State had accepted q flag OF
truce, but proposed TO continue firing
all the time. Can the other party be
blamed for returning the FIRE? None
can wish more than i TO have this
wretched controversy ended. MY
friends and 1 are prepared to make
large sacrifices in order TO promote this
end, and l earnestly hope that the de-
alterations of the commission will re-
suit in settlement, in which case my
present operations will at once cease,
to my own infinite satisfaction.
Your obedient servant,
JAMES p. COOPER.
Richmond, Va, April Is, 1887.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-16

"The announcement that JfYF.
DAVIS has bought new gun is whole
some indication OF reform. The last
time Mr.. DAVIS wanted firearms he
took q lot belonging TO the Govern
ment and carried them of without pay
ing for them" Well, yes; the Con-
federate army captured a large number
of guns on several occasions-if that is
is what you mean.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-16

According TO our view and under
standing, any member of the present
General Assembly who votes for a set
tiement not within the scope and pur-
view Of the Riddleberger blu votes
against the express and direct instruc-
tion Of his constituents, and with the
certainty that his action will be disap-
proved and rspudiased by his con-
ehtuency.-Pags Courier.
And yet it has been stated repeated
ly-And not denied, so far as we know
that the man who had the RrDpLKsKs-
CIR bill passed by his Legislature has
prepared or 10 preparing new plan of
settlement which be will soon make
public. We Allude, OF course, to Gen.
eral MAHoxK, Who, Let us remark by
tbs way, abandoned his scheme OF nav
ing thirty-odd millions Of dslIars and
svo centS, and took up with the RID
DrxuzzcEs settlement IL General
NAn0xs the only loan In Virginia who
has the right to suggest new terms Of
e<ltiementi II seems to be taken Tor
cDxntsd that he L in favor Of abandon
e{he RDDzSSxE0ER bill. and Of offer.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-16

ing TO or accepting from The bondhold-
es scheme more liberal 70 them.
Nevertheless, We agree that the peo-
pie Of Virginia are in favor Of adhering
pretty closely to the terms offered In
the RpDLEBERoKR bill. Butsurely the
negotiators soon 10 take charge Of the
matter are expected TO do all they can
TO lid the State Of the debttroubles.
We copy the Page Courier's deciara-
ton merely as warning to our com.
mission that the enemies Of the Demo
cratic party are watching for blunders
and prepared TO make as much party
capital as possible out Of any that our
side may commit.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-16
New Books.

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By GEORGE EBERs, author OF "Se-
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For sale by booksellers and the pub
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-16

The communication signed "Peace, I"
which appears in another column of the
Dispatch this morning, IS well worthy
Of the serious consideration OF the
agents Of the foreign bondholders. It
is from the pen OF member of the
Legislature who is on record as
having strenuously antagonized the
idea OF any legislation to obstruct
coupons after it had been decided to
appoint commission. He considered
that such legislation would indicate q
want of confidence on the part of the
General Assembly in the sincerity of
the creditors. In his communication he
does not emphasize too strongly the dam
ger Of exciting in the public mind fear
that the creditors are not acting in good
faith. He well says that fair play is
jewel. 1t is jewel valued no less here
than in England, and our English
cousins should know that nothing could
appear less like fair play to virginians
than efforts to force coupons into the
Treasury at this crisis.
We also give space to a communica-
ton from Mr.. JAMES p. COOPER, in
which that gentleman essays to justify
the continued efforts OF the agents of
the bondholders to food the Treasury
with coupons. We do this in the in
terest Of fair play, though we fail to
comprehend wherein his communica-
ton succeeds in justifying him.
self and his associates. If he
is fully authorized to speak for those
for whom he is acting, certain it is that
the latter do not exhibit the same con-
fidence in the State as the State by its
Legislature has shown in the bond
holders. Mr.. R'slanguage not only
implies that the State may be guilty OF
resorting to q subterfuge, but expresses
o doubt as to whether a settlement
can be arrived at, which is strangely at
variance with the professions of his |
principals. His communication is, on
the whole, calculated to increase the |
friction that the acts of the bondholders' |
agents in various parts of the State to-
lay have already created. What took
place prior to the determination of the
Legislature to appoint commission
md confer with the bondholders'
committee has nothing to do
With the case as it stands now. After
he commission was appointed coupon
egislation ceased, and the Legislature
djourned to await the arrival of the
representatives. of the Council of For
ign Bondholders, thus, we consider,
'lacing a moral obligation upon the
gents of the bondholders to desist
rom further efforts to induce the pay
lent of taxes in coupons. We shall be
cry much mistaken if Mr.. COOPER or
ny one else can persuade the public to
IKE any other view than this of the
natter.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-16
A life Made Miserable

BY dyspepsia is scarcely worth the living A
capricious appetite, heartburn, puzziing ner-
yous symptoms. increased action of the heart
after eating, sinking In the abdomen between
meals, and fiatulence after are among tho sue
cessive indiciG OF this harnssing complaint.
Two things only are needful for ia removal
resort 70 Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and per
sistence In its use. These remedial measures
being adopted, cure Is certain. Taken imme-
diately before or after meals, this great SO
mncbfc promotes secretion of tho gastric juice,
tho natural solvent Of the food. The nervous
and bilious symptoms consequent upon chronic
indigestion disappear as the complaint gradual
Iy Yields 10 the corrective and invigornting In
MIGRATING influence Of the Bitters Appetite
returns, sleep becomes more refreshing, and,
as a sequence. tho body Is efficiently ncurished,
muscular power increases. and the mind grows
sanguine. Use the Bltters for chills aud foyer
and rheumatism. up i4-Th(w)Sa&Tu